Sink-apron



J. BEEBE.

SINK APRON.

APPLICATION FILED 001. 1.3, 1919.

1,355,086. Patented Oct. 5,1920.

IN VEN TOR (1A NE 55535 UNITED STATES JANE BEEBE, 0F LOS ANGELES,CALIFORNIA.

SINK-APRON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5, 1920.

Application filed October 13, 1919. Serial No. 330,431.

I '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JANE BEEBE, a. citizen of the United States,residing at Los Aneles, in the county of Los Angeles and tate ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sink-Aprons, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My object is to make a sink apron, and my invention consists of thenovel features herein shown, described and claimed.

Figure 1 is a perspective showing a sink apron embodying the principlesof my invention in use.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the sink apron in use, the apron beingshown out of use in dotted lines, and parts of the sink being brokenaway.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail on the line 33 of Fig. 2 andshowing the sink in section and showing the sink apron in edgeelevation.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the wash sink 1 has a board 2running around its front upper edge and a molding 3 under the board 2.

The details of the sink apron A are as follows:

A heavy wire is bent to form the straight central portion 5, theinclined portions 6 and 7 extending from the ends of the central portion5, the vertical portions 8 and 9 extending downwardly from the outerends of the portions 6 and 7, the supporting portions 10 and 11extending laterally from the lower ends of the portions 8 and 9, and theelongated hooks 12 and 13 extending downwardly from the supportingportions 10 and 11.

A piece of oil cloth is cut to fit the wire frame thus constructed andcomprises the body portion 1 1 and loop portions extending from theedges of the body. portion 14 around the wire frame and secured to thebody portion by lines of stitching 15.

A supporting strip 16, preferably of wood, is nailed against the body 17of the sink frame under the molding 3, screw eyes 18 and 19 are insertedinto the supporting strip 16, and the hooks 12 and 13 are insertedthrough the screw eyes, and the lower edge 20 of the oil cloth is tackedto the front face of the molding 3 so there will be a slack portion 21of the oil cloth between the molding 3 and the body 14.

When the apron thus constructed is raised to a vertical position as inFig. 3, the hooks 12 and 18 will pass downwardly in front of thesupporting strip 16 until the portions 10 and 11 rest upon the screweyes 18 and 19 and the apron will be held upright in front of the board2, so that the person using the sink will stand in front of the apronand reach over the apron into the sink as shown in Fig. 1, and the apronwill protect the clothes of the person from the dish water or the like.

When it is desired to put the apron 4: out of use the apron is raisedbodily to the limits of the hooks 12 and 13 and then swung forwardly anddownwardly and then the apron will hang in front of the sink frame 17 asshown in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

The aprons may be used upon work tables and in canneries and variousplaces as well as upon kitchen sinks.

Various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of myinvention as claimed.

I claim:

1. A sink apronmounted at the forward edge of a sink to swing verticallyupwardly in front of the sink and downwardly below the sink, and meanson the apron for engaging the forward part of the sink, for holding theapron in its upwardly extending vertical position.

2. A sink apron comprising a wire frame having elongated hooks at itsends, an oil cloth attached to the wire frame, a supporting strip, andsupporting eyes secured to the supporting strip, the elongated hooksextending through the supporting eyes so that when the frame is moved toan upright position and lowered the hooks will engage the supportingstrip below the eyes and hold the frame upright.

3. A sink apron comprising a wire frame pivoted to the front edge of asink to swing vertically upwardly above the front edge of the sink anddownwardly from the front of the sink, and an oil cloth attached at itsouter and side edges to said wire frame and at its other edge to theforward part of the sink in such manner as to bend and permit the apronto swing upwardly and downwardly.

4. A sink apron comprising a wire frame having elongated hooks at itsends, a supporting strip, supporting eyes secured to said strip theelongated hooks extending through the supporting eyes sowthat whenforward edge of the sink suohmanner as the frame is moved to an uprightposition to bend in order to permit the swinging and and lowered thehooks Will engage the sup raising and lowering movement of the '10porting strip below the eyes and hold the frame. Y

frame upright, and an oil cloth attached at "In testimony whereof I havesigned my its outer and side edges to said frame and name to thisspecification.

at its remaining edge attached under the JANE BEEBE.

